Why CounterPlea?

You are probably wondering: why did we choose to name this site “CounterPlea”? Simply put, we feel that a counterplea is one of the nuances of legal trials that are often written off by some of the uninitiated because it has no apparent purpose other than being a formality on the part of the plaintiff. We would like to say that a counterplea should not be regarded simply as such; it's an integral part of the social justice system, as far as we are concerned.

But before we confuse you, we would like to explain the terms. A counterplea is essentially a plaintiff's answer to the plea or claim of the defendant; the plaintiff being the person who is initiating the lawsuit in order to be repaid for supposed damages incurred by the defendant. That being said, we would like to affirm that a counterplea is in no way a simple formality. Rather, it is a means by which a plaintiff would be able to assert his or her claim against a defendant who is attempting to insinuate that the accusations are false or unfounded. A good lawyer, in our opinion, is someone who can issue a counterplea without resorting to redundancy. It takes great skill to create arguments such as this, and this is why we named our domain as such.